Burnout & Stress Management Speaker for High-Achieving Professionals
Practical, engaging mental health education for professionals, women’s groups, and organizations navigating stress, burnout, and major life transitions.
Are you looking for a mental health speaker for your conference, workplace event, leadership retreat, or community program?
I believe communities of all shapes and sizes can benefit from mental health education.
✓ Understanding stress and burnout
✓ Regulating the nervous system
✓ Building emotional resilience
✓ Addressing perfectionism and over-functioning
✓ Setting healthier boundaries
✓ Navigating midlife and major life transitions
✓ Supporting sustainable performance
✓ Achieving work-life balance
I’m Vesi.
I’m a licensed psychotherapist with over a decade of clinical experience in high-acuity settings, specializing in anxiety, burnout, and the patterns that keep people stuck in cycles of over-functioning and self-doubt.
I offer engaging, practical, and evidence-based workshops and speaking engagements designed to empower individuals and organizations.
Through my leadership roles with P.E.O. International, I also understand the demands of leading, collaborating, and sustaining well-being within complex organizations.
Whether you are hosting a conference, leadership retreat or a team development session, I deliver impactful talks and workshops that address real-world challenges.
Based in Wellesley, Massachusetts and available for in-person and virtual speaking engagements nationwide.
Why Organizations Invite Me to Speak
I believe mental health education should feel accessible, practical, and deeply human. Whether I am speaking to a room of professionals, a community group, or a panel of women navigating midlife transitions, my goal is the same: to help people understand what is happening in their nervous system and leave with tools they can actually use.
My speaking style is warm, grounded, and interactive. I often incorporate brief experiential practices so attendees don’t just learn about stress, self-compassion, or burnout, but feel the difference in real time.
What audiences often appreciate most is that I meet them where they are. There is no one-size-fits-all message, no pressure to “fix” themselves. Just thoughtful guidance, clarity, and permission to approach life with more self-trust and kindness.
Signature Talks & Workshops
Stress, Burnout, and the Nervous System
Understanding the difference between stress and burnout, how chronic stress impacts mental and physical health, and practical strategies to regulate the nervous system before, during, and after stressful situations.
Women, Burnout, and the Mental Load
Exploring the unique pressures women face across life stages, including people-pleasing, perfectionism, and the invisible labor that often leads to exhaustion and self-doubt.
Navigating Midlife Transitions
Supporting women through perimenopause, identity shifts, and role transitions by addressing the stress-hormone connection and offering tools for emotional regulation.
Self-Compassion as a Tool for Resilience
Why self-compassion is not weakness, but one of the most effective tools for emotional resilience, boundary-setting, and sustainable growth.
All talks can be adapted for keynotes, workshops, panels, and virtual or in-person formats.
Selected Organizations I Have Presented For
What Attendees and Event Organizers Are Saying
"Vesi was very knowledgeable and concise with what she presented. She made the information easy to understand and was engaging and approachable. She made attendees feel as though she was speaking directly to them. The tools she shared were realistic and doable. She left our audience understanding how stress effects our bodies feeling more equipped to handle the “busy ness” and stress we all feel."
Keynote attendee
GraybaR
"I've had the opportunity to attend one of Vesi's workshops and speaking engagement and she was awesome! She provided detailed examples and solutions to various mental health and wellness topics and was very engaged, thoughtful and compassionate when answering some of the questions I was able to ask."
Jay C.
Workshop attendee
"I invited Vesi to be part of my It’s Lifey widow retreat this summer. She was beyond phenomenal. She was always present, engaged with all the women who had lost their spouses, led a session on coping mechanisms and was a huge support to me running it. All the women felt incredibly safe and comfortable having her there."
Jennifer Newberg
Founder, It’s Lifey
“Vesi spent about 45 minutes with each group – sharing research and science behind stress as well as several practical and intentional exercises that we practiced together. Participants felt more relaxed and ready to tackle the rest of the day by the end of our time together. Vesi has a lovely calming presence along with excellent real life examples."
Paisley Huntoon
Event organizer, Momentum Value Partners
“I just want you to know you really helped me today.”
Workshop attendee
MassCPAs Accounting Pipeline Conference
Selected Speaking Engagements
August 2026
“Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor: Burnout Prevention For Dental Faculty and High-Pressure Clinical Roles” lunch and learn presentation to over 35 faculty at Tufts School of Dental Medicine in Boston, MA
May 2026
“From Overextended to Grounded: Managing Stress While Caring for Everyone Else” presentation to over 40 attendees at the P.E.O. Pennsylvania State Convention in Harrisburg, PA
“Pause, Reset, and Reconnect: Supporting Yourself While Supporting Everyone Else” presentation to over 50 healthcare providers as part of the Women Healthcare Providers networking breakfast forum in Newton, MA
“Busy Is Not a Badge of Honor: Sustainable Success in High-Pressure Environments” keynote address to over 45 employees at GraybaR’s wellness event in Andover, MA
March 2026
“Mood, Microbiome & Midlife” interactive workshop with Danielle MacDowell in Dedham, MA
February 2026
“Managing Burnout: Sustainable Teaching and Workload Strategies” presentation to over 40 attendees as part of the MassCPAs Accounting Pipeline Conference in Boston, MA
January 2026
“Calm Within the Chaos: How Your Nervous System Shapes the Peri/menopause Experience” presentation to over 140 attendees as part of the (Peri)Menopause Therapies Unlocked event in Lexington, MA
October 2025
“Navigating the Emotional Landscape of Midlife” presentation to over 60 attendees as part of the Integrative Health Speaker Series in Westborough, MA
July 2025
“Coping with Grief & Stress: Simple Tools to Regulate, Reset, and Reconnect” workshop at the It’s Lifey Widow Retreat in Great Barrington, MA
June 2025
“Stress Management, Boundaries and Mindfulness” Tea Time @ PhyziX Podcast
May 2025
“Pause, Reset and Thrive: Stress Management Strategies for Women” presentation for Nourish Your Way to Wellness Health Coaching Group
April 2025
“Stress Management for Leaders” presentation for Staff Study Group and Practice Manager Study Group with Momentum Value Partners Denver, CO
February 2025
“Preventing & Reversing Burnout” as part of the Massachusetts Business Network Lunch and Learn Webinar
January 2025
“Therapy Stigma & Managing Anxiety” Launch Your Light Podcast
“The M Factor: Shredding the Silence on Menopause” Film Screening and Panel Discussion, Chelmsford, MA
December 2024
“Stress Management for Leaders” webinar presentation Charles River Chamber of Commerce
September 2024
“Burned Out: From Surviving To Thriving” presentation at the MetroWest Women’s Conference in Framingham, MA
August 2024
“Stress Relief for Busy Parents” presentation for The Parent Sanctuary: Support for Building Connection & Family Well-Being Group
July 2024
“Stress Management for Anxiety and Depression” for the Nourished Routes Group